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Br J Sports Med 2006;40:829-833 doi:10.1136/bjsm.2005.023713
  • Review

Reliable change assessment with practice effects in sport concussion research: a comment on Hinton-Bayre

  1. G H Maassen1,
  2. E R Bossema2,
  3. N Brand3
  1. 1Department of Methodology and Statistics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
  2. 2Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
  3. 3Department of Health Psychology, Utrecht University
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Maassen
 Department of Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands; g.h.maassen{at}fss.uu.nl
  • Accepted 7 August 2006
  • Published Online First 22 August 2006

Abstract

In his comments on our previous article, Hinton-Bayre advocates the use of the regression based approach in most cases of determining reliable change. This article comments on Hinton-Bayre’s argument, discusses cases where the regression method might not be the preferred method, and presents adjustments that make the method more generally preferable.

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  • Published Online First 22 August 2006

  • Competing interests: none declared

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